{"id":48672,"date":"2014-12-06T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/06\/movie-review-wild-wild-west-1999-2.html"},"modified":"2014-12-15T14:40:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T21:40:32","slug":"movie-review-wild-wild-west-1999-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/12\/06\/movie-review-wild-wild-west-1999-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Movie Review: "Wild Wild West" (1999)*"},"content":{"rendered":"

This movie gets worse every time I see it. Dubious on earlier viewings (http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/wild-wild-west\/<\/a>), it isn't even aging well. Argh. For something loosely (in a "post-apocalyptic mutant offspring" fashion) based on a TV show I loved, this one makes me both slightly nauseous and deeply, deeply disappointed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nA ★½ review of Wild Wild West (1999)<\/a><\/span>
\nSadly, this movie gets worse every time I [am compelled to] watch it. Its fleeting moments of humor (mostly the verbal byplay between West and Loveless) and fun are overwhelmed by incoherent writing, slipshod FX, mean-spirited jokes, utterly wasted talent, and a general sense of “Okay, this is everything that is wrong in Hollywood today” (or, at least, 15 years ago).\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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This movie gets worse every time I see it. Dubious on earlier viewings (http:\/\/letterboxd.com\/three_star_dave\/film\/wild-wild-west\/), it isn't even aging well. Argh. For something loosely (in a "post-apocalyptic mutant offspring" fashion) based on a TV show I loved, this one makes me both slightly nauseous and deeply, deeply disappointed. 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